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When discussing aero engines, it’s always tempting to begin by going back to basics with the reminder that without these amazing machines, there would be no
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When discussing aero engines, it’s always tempting to begin by going back to basics with the reminder that without these amazing machines, there would be no air transport industry. You can have all the online booking, frequent flyer programs, airline apps and inflight entertainment systems that you want, but without airworthy engines the airline industry does not exist.
Having once more succumbed to that temptation, taking a look at the powerplants behind crossover narrowbody jets means examining the progress of engines driving a growing market segment. While the 100-seat Superjet 100 and its Powerjet SaM146 engines are still being added slowly in the CIS countries, it is the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engine family – featuring the Geared Turbofan (GTF) – which is undoubtedly at the heart of the aforementioned growth.